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Gnaevaldrskald was an elven author. His autobiographical work, The Travels of Gnaevaldrskald was a useful source of information on the Urgal culture and was therefore recommended reading for the trainee Dragon Rider Eragon. Valdr means ruler in the ancient language.
Meaning of the name[]
A skald was a poet in Scandinavia and Iceland during the Viking age.[1]
The section "valdr" can be translated in different ways. In Icelandic, "valdr" means "cause" and "vald" means "power". In Swedish "vald" means "elected" or "chosen".